Balsdon7-3 at 2016 Recharge With Milk Ontario Men's Tankard

Kingston, Ontario

SKIP
Greg
Balsdon

Third
Don
Bowser

Second
Jonathan
Beuk

Lead
Scott
Chadwick

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	6.37
PA/G:	6.47
Hammer Efficiency:	0.30
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Greg Balsdon (Kingston, ON) finished 7-3 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Balsdon defeated Wayne Tuck Jr. (Brantford, ON) 6-5, then won 9-4 against Ontario's Ian Dickie and 8-5 against Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 8-2 against John Epping (Toronto, ON). Balsdon responded with a 6-5 win over Mark Bice (Sarnia, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 7-2 against Jake Higgs (Ottawa, ON). Balsdon responded with a 8-3 win over Mike Harris (Toronto, ON). Balsdon won 6-5 against Dayna Deruelle (Brampton, ON). Balsdon went on to lose 9-7 against Glenn Howard (Toronto, ON). Balsdon responded with a 7-6 win over Travis Fanset (Ingersoll, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Balsdon earned 12.868 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Recharge With Milk Ontario Men's Tankard, remaining in 22nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 10.299 after improving upon their best so far this season. Balsdon ranks 30th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 97.862 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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